It flys
Lets start with my complete setup.
TT 46 PRO
morris/rossi conversion minipipe
12.25x3.75 APC
2oz spinner nut inside the great planes spinner
1800 nimh pack strapped to engine mount
jr3021 micro on the throttle inside cowl
2-jr537's on ailerons
jr517 on elevator
jr517 on rudder w/ dubro strong arm
single carbon fiber pushrod split at back for elevators halves
pull pull rudder
max. control throws all the way around on high rates
(what is a low rate??)
65% expo on elevators
50% expo on ailerons
70% expo on rudder
cg is 7" behind leading edge. Just slightly tail heavy but very flyable
12oz tank
5lbs 12 ozs. complete and ready to fly
Now the flight performance.
1st flight-- Takeoff was surprising and smooth with not much roll out. Took very slight right aileron trim and 2 clicks down on elevator. Third pass over the runway about 20ft off deck and 1/2 throttle and the plane tracked nice. Flipped inverted for a couple of laps and ever so slight down stick was needed to maintain level flight. Began rolls and point rolls--very crisp and percise. Turned on flaperons and dropped to the deck flying at a snails pace and was very stable, applied up elevator and burped the throttle and continued the harrier for a few laps. Landing is a breeze with this plane. 7min flight
2nd flight-- Took off and pulled vertical to about 30 ft and pull throttle back and burped the throttle a few times and held hover for about 10 seconds then I lost the hover when it torque rolled. Flew around and popped up for another try and samething happened. Found the plane falls to its back everytime. Throttled out vertical (not a rocket but with authority) and tried an inverted flat. 1st attempt was very ugly as I was applying too much elevator and aileron. 2nd attempt was much better but my flats were on the large side and slightly nose down but not extreme. Began slow snaps and they very very controlable and then tried 2 very violent snaps. This plane does an awsome snap. After a couple of inverted (very low) passes I rolled out and tried to fly knife edge out and it pulled to its back but maintained knife edge. Landed 10min flight
3rd flight-- Took off and 1/4 roll into knife edge applying down elevator to keep track. Flying knife edge at 3/4 to full throttle is possible but a handful at times. I used the throttle for descending and climbing. It will not knife edge under 1/2 throttle so high alpha knifes are out for this bird. Will not knife edge loop. Touch and goes where easy with or without flaperons. Landed. 9min flight
4th flight-- This bird got rung out hard. Waterfalls very good, awsome tumbles, fairly tight loops (inside and outside) and tracks cleanly threw them. Rolling circle (attempts) I still cant hold the same altitude all the way around with any plane. lol. Began to rain cut flight short. 7min flight
plane rating 1-10 10 is the best
waterfalls 8
harrier 9
hovering -- needs more engine trim
knife edge 4
flat spins 4
point rolls 9
tumbles 9
snaps 9
kit 6
instructions 2
engine choice- 8
This may not be the greatest fun fly that I have flown but it is a good one. I would like to compare the balsa version to this one, back to back on the sameday. Oh well, these are my findings today at the feild. For everyone who has pm me about servo choice, the standards worked fine with no issues at all. I hope this helps someone out, BAD ANDY